as in extramarital
relating to or being a sexual encounter or relationship between a married person and someone other than their spouse
had an adulterous affair that nearly destroyed his marriage
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Recent Examples of adulterous
Here, the series extends the fallout from a life-defining adulterous affair down the decades.
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John Hopewell, Variety, 5 Sep. 2024
For decades, there had been adulterous movie-star romances.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 7 Aug. 2024
Sorcerers, lovers, traitors, heroes saintly or adulterous, iconic women of power.
—Elizabeth Hand, Washington Post, 16 July 2024
The 1930s were tumultuous years in the strenuous, tempestuous, frequently adulterous relationship between Rivera and Kahlo.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2024
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John Hopewell, Variety, 5 Sep. 2024
For decades, there had been adulterous movie-star romances.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 7 Aug. 2024
Sorcerers, lovers, traitors, heroes saintly or adulterous, iconic women of power.
—Elizabeth Hand, Washington Post, 16 July 2024
The 1930s were tumultuous years in the strenuous, tempestuous, frequently adulterous relationship between Rivera and Kahlo.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for adulterous
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His childhood friend–slash–onetime extramarital hookup, Nora, is back in the hospital with an infected graft, and her condition seems to get worse by the minute.—
Laura Bradley,
Vulture,
9 May 2025
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These California homes were among the very few commissions Wright worked on between 1922 and 1934, partly due to his declining reputation from the Taliesin murders and his extramarital affair and partly due to the Great Depression.—
Katherine McLaughlin,
Architectural Digest,
8 May 2025
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Butler stars as Hank Thompson, a former baseball player who lands himself in trouble after agreeing to house-sit for a neighbor, who is involved in some not-so-legal extracurricular activities.—
Jodi Guglielmi,
Rolling Stone,
21 May 2025
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Yorba, 18, said her awards, which included a $2,750 scholarship from the Ramona Garden Club, were based on her scholastic achievements and her involvement in extracurricular activities.—
Julie Gallant,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
20 May 2025
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“Adulterous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/adulterous. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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